GRID Autosport GRID Autosport

[Bram Hengeveld]

Things are moving at Codemasters

 

[wombatchelsea]

Hi guys, I have error with the file G:\GRID Autosport\tracks\locations\cities\paris\route_3\sky_day.pssg
Can someone send me this file cos when this track is loading it crashes the game.
Ive reinstalled the game and it didnt works. Thanks in advance

 

[Rupe Wilson]

is it through steam,
Just validate the game in steam it will repair all broken files

 

[wombatchelsea]

its dvd :/ can u send this file to me please

 

[ML2166]

Don't you need a Steam account for a DVD version anyway with this game? Thought you did regardless of whether it was a downloaded version or a DVD version. I know I needed one with my F1 DVD titled games.

 

[eero94]

Insert activation code to steam and download it from there if you have legit copy...

 

[Georg Siebert]

This is all true unless you go to the on-line side. No tuning, no engineer, no qualifying, no practice, and no ability to buy cars without playing in public lobbies for thousands of hours. [...]

Hi Robert,
you mean you join a multiplayer game and go straight to race without prior practice on track with your multiplayer players?
And you can't adjust car setups in multiplayer?

[...] Why, when our PCs are getting better are the games getting worse?

PC hard- and software keeps steadily getting better. Even if the quality of console games stagnate, they're falling behind.
Further, these type of games are optimised for console. If publishers release a new game today, it is likely to be a cross-plattform release to maximise revenue opportunites to make up the development costs.
If it's the xbox or the playstation, more often than not, the lowest common denominator ends up dictating the quality of the game, not the more powerfull PC plattform.

 

[MarkVenom]

Hi Robert,
you mean you join a multiplayer game and go straight to race without prior practice on track with your multiplayer players?
And you can't adjust car setups in multiplayer?


PC hard- and software keeps steadily getting better. Even if the quality of console games stagnate, they're falling behind.
Further, these type of games are optimised for console. If publishers release a new game today, it is likely to be a cross-plattform release to maximise revenue opportunites to make up the development costs.
If it's the xbox or the playstation, more often than not, the lowest common denominator ends up dictating the quality of the game, not the more powerfull PC plattform.

Correct!!! And this is wrong 100%

 

[Glen Orpheus]

ok after quite a bit of testing and playing yesterday i came up with this setup.
only tested on touring cars at the moment and feels a little floaty around the centre still, but it's work in progress

Grid Autosport PC
Wheel Fanatec CSR (standard) Elite Pedals
Firmware 756 Driver 177

on wheel settings

SEN 470 (Sen off just put wheel at 900 degrees rotation)
FF 100
SHK 80
DRI 1
ABS 100
LIN 0
DEA 0
SPR off
DPR off

In Game advanced wheel options

Steering Deadzone 0%
Steering Saturation 100%
Steering Linearity 0
Throttle Deadzone 0%
Throttle Saturation 100%
Brake Deadzone 0%
Brake Saturation 100%
Interior Steering Wheel on or off makes no difference, but i have mine on off for now

In Game Vibration Settings

Vibration Strength 100%
Wheel Strength 60%
Wheel Weight 0%

made a quick video on multiplayer up against people using pads last night, didn't do too bad

as i said it's work in progress,
will more than likely try the open wheelers later today and just drop down the SEN to somewhere between 270 and 360, fingers crossed....lol

 

[Andy Kettler]

Thx Glen i will give it a try

 

[Tatsuya79]

In the end I prefer Grid 2 (and Grid 1 above that).
It's just boring and I'm sure those pilots would run over their own family if they were standing on this imaginary line they all follow blindly.
I don't like the circuits and the handling, I see nothing worth a new episode.

 

[Wolfgang Berger]

Hello, yesterday I have not seen in the TV Cockpit view the helmet and the arms of the driver
Today's all gone
what did I do wrong?
Thanks for the help

 

[Trickz]

I think it depends of what's moded, for exemple i use my own camera mod and got no problem with save nor multiplayer.

 

[Glen Orpheus]

Thx Glen i will give it a try

let me know how you get on and anything you feel may improve it.....remember though this aint no Sim, purely arcade.

 

[dimon5]

Hi! If I change the physics of the game will be auto saved?

 

[Andy Kettler]

Ya i know its arcade. Thats why i want to play it beside the race sims

Cant drive before monday but i will let you know how it feels.

 

[Glen Orpheus]

anybody with a FANATEC Wheel and looking for a club to join, i've created a club, feel free to join it's called.

FANATEC WHEELS

head on over to racenet.com and join up

 

[Rob]

Keep a few things in mind first (sorry if many of you know this already).

The Bad --

1. Multiplayer/Online ("MP") and Single-player ("SP") are completely separate. You can't use your cars purchased online to practice, qualify, or race in SP Custom Cup. Conversely, you can't practice and qualify *at all* in MP Custom Cup (which is distinct from online Custom Cup).

2. To make matters worse, you cannot tune or upgrade your own cars in MP online races until you have reached a certain XP level, and this act is progressive steps. In other words, you have to actually go race your owned car in races and place decently to gain XP to unlock "tuning packs" as they are called. All these are is the ability to tune six components (gear ratio, differential, front suspension, rear suspension, downforce, and brake bias) in three different increments. The first increment level will cost you from 8-16 XP, the second, from 16-32, and the third, from about 32-64. This is a LOT of racing in your own car. Remember, you have to pay to repair your car (nominal) after every race to get it back to 100%.

3. Once you unlock all of the tuning options, to be able to upgrade the car's parts, you will need a ton of XP to do this also. For instance, Flywheel alone initial upgrade is 15 XP and Engine is 30. There are many other parts you can upgrade. (Remember, in league races, we cannot upgrade parts with cash other than that earned in races, so I'm pretty sure component upgrades will be severely limited). However, it's up to you to buy your car and get as many tuning upgrades to it as possible. You can do that as shown below. Tuning upgrades will not gain you that much time at all, but simply make the car suit either your driving style or the track, which helps, but not nearly as much as practice and skill, since the cars are basically even time wise within each division (but sound wonderfully different and drive differently too).

So...how do you quickly do all of this?

The Good --

It's not that hard actually. I have invested only about 3-6 hours doing the below steps and already have purchased two cars (Endurance and Touring) for the league, and have about 250,000 sitting in the bank. Have probably earned close to 1 Million in game cash. Do this --

1. Go to the online section with a like minded mate.

2. Go to Xbox live session with your friend.

3. You are now in your own lobby. There is a menu on the left. Click on Custom Cup.

4. Click "create race" in any discipline and with any car class. If you do not own any vehicles that we race in the league, simply go to the discipline you would like to buy one in (Endurance or Touring) and choose it. Be sure to pick a car that's stable and not prone to getting loose or too fast. Speed does not matter at this point.

5. Race options -- Choose 5 races in a row. Make them all at the Indianapolis oval for ONE LAP. This is the key. Why? Because rewards in this game have nothing to do with race length.

6. Race Settings -- Make sure you go down the menu and add "very hard" A.I. (you can beat them if you start up front) and turn all aids off, limit the view to cockpit, etc. As far as damage goes, this is your call. I would either turn collisions off (ghosts cars) or leave everything at its hardest setting and be careful (as this will earn you more). Make sure your mate understands that you simply want to stay ahead of the A.I. You do this by drafting with your mate and allowing each other to alternate finishing first or second. Each race takes about one minute and the payout is about 20,000 if you win and 10,000 if you come in second. Your could actually loose money if you damage your car too heavily.

7. Advanced settings -- start the races according to XP level so you will start first, since the A.I. have no XP. Also choose no flashbacks and full damage, etc. Max out the difficulty.

8. You will then go through a series of 5 one lap races and soon get the hand of how to finish up top. Before you know it, you will have loads of cash. When you have enough to buy a league car...go do it. BTW, when you are done with the 5 races, it takes you back to the lobby with the settings exactly the same so you can do it again and again.

9. Be sure to put the maximum amount of the highest level sponsors you can on your car so you will get more cash for high finishes. Then, go back into the lobby as described above and create a race with that car class you now own. Be sure to choose your owned car fro the "choose car" menu on the left. Other cars are clearly marked as loaner vehicles.

10. Now, repeat the racing. In addition to general class XP, you will not be earning XP for that car. This means you will be (in short order) unlocking the ability to tune your car more finely and be earning cash at the same time. At some point, you will get enough XP (64 I think) for that particular car that all tuning options and engine options will be available. But *do not* upgrade your car's parts if you want to use it in the league. Just get the tuning packs (which cost money to unlock once you have earned enough XP). There are three levels to each tuning option.

11. Then, you can go to the SP side of the game and create a Custom Cup race anytime on your own. You can make practice 30 mins. and have full tuning capability (like you do now online). As such, you can optimize the car for your driving style, the particular track, the car, and general performance. You can also have loads of fun against what I think are great A.I.

Good luck!

 

[Rob]

For us console users, this is a pretty good Simcade. The feel of the cars is much improved and it's closer to Race Pro than Shift2 or GRID2. And the added content and graphics (at least for us) make it, for me, the best multi-discipline game on the console. It could have been better in several areas though.

I'll test your settings on the console and see what happens.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

There is a Racedepertment club to join on Racenet if you so wish for RD members also

 

[Rupe Wilson]

For us console users, this is a pretty good Simcade. The feel of the cars is much improved and it's closer to Race Pro than Shift2 or GRID2. And the added content and graphics (at least for us) make it, for me, the best multi-discipline game on the console. It could have been better in several areas though.

I'll test your settings on the console and see what happens.

Its also ok on PC way better than i thought it would be,
switch on and race and have fun, its FFB is more than ok to race with..
a very good Simcade game for me, is perfectly ok